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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. PA-02309 to award a contract to Emergency Vehicle Group, Inc., of Anaheim, California, for the purchase of five Advanced Life Support paramedic ambulances in the contract amount of $988,000 including tax, with the option of purchasing up to five additional units by February 2011, if necessary, and if funds are available, and at the discretion of the City Manager; and
Authorize City Manager to execute a master lease-purchase agreement and related financing documents with Chase Equipment Finance, Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona, for the financing in an amount not to exceed $988,000, payable over a six-year period. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is being requested to enter into a contract with Emergency Vehicle Group, Inc., for the purchase of five Advanced Life Support (ALS) Paramedic Ambulances for the Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD), with the option of purchasing up to five additional units by February 2011, if necessary, and if funds are available, and at the discretion of the City Manager.
LBFD operates both an ALS and a Basic Life Support (BLS) transportation program. The ALS program transports patients by ambulance for life threatening injuries/illnesses and is staffed by Firefighter/Paramedics who provide assessment, treatment and preparation of patients for transport. The BLS program (implemented in September 2005) transports patients b) ambulance for non-life threatening injuries/illnesses after Firefighters and Paramedics respond and provide the assessment, treatment and preparation of patients for transport. The BLS units are the same type of ambulances utilized by the ALS program. The BLS program's objective is to improve service to the community.
Currently, the ALS and BLS fleet consists of 20 units; 13 units are assigned to the ALS program and seven units are assigned to the BLS program. The five new ambulances will be assigned to the ALS program for front-line operation, and five ex...
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